CONFERENCE AGENDA
Friday, December 3, 2021
8:00 AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM
Welcome and Conference Overview
Marianne Haver Hill, Board Chair, Community Foundation of the Valleys
Invocation
Rev. Zedar Broadous
8:55 AM
Welcome to Pierce College
Rolf Schleicher, Vice President of Administrative Services
9:00 AM
The Unhoused Mentally Ill
Kerry Morrison, Founder, Heart Forward LA
9:45 AM
The Challenge of Homelessness
Moderator: Wendy Greuel, Chair, LA Homeless Services Authority Commission
- Ken Craft, President & CEO, Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission
- LaTina Jackson, Deputy Director, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
- Stephanie Klasky-Gamer, President & CEO, LA Family Housing
10:35 AM
BREAK
10:50 AM
The Challenge of Housing
Moderator: Helmi A. Hisserich, Sr. Principal, Co-Lead, Housing Team
La Sar Development Consultants
- Matt Glesne, Sr. City Planning Director, LA City Planning
- Al Grazioli, Director/Facilities, Real Estate & Asset Development Department, Los Angeles Unified School District
- Bea Stotzer, CEO, NEWCapital & Founder, New Economics for Women
11:40 AM
Community Foundation of the Valleys
Brigette Loden, Executive Director
11:50 AM
LUNCH
12:30 PM
The Valley Economic Alliance
Sonya Blake, President/CEO
12:40 PM
New Housing Paradigms for Los Angeles
Christopher Hawthorne, Chief Design Officer, City of Los Angeles
1:30 PM
Closing Remarks & Action Steps
Marianne Haver Hill
2:00 PM
Conference Closes